Dog Book Bibliography

Help me assemble a good reference list of dog books you like (fiction and non). Here are some that I’ve read and either loved or at least found

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The supplements we take

I promised before the holidays to give some details on the supplements Lilly takes. Since I know that some of you share people health concerns too, I’m including

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Safety — Hiking Alone

We may never know the full circumstances that led to Meredith Emerson’s death. She’s the young woman, originally from Colorado, who went missing while hiking alone with her

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Decision point — male or female dog

While working on an upcoming article, I had the opportunity to interview the new training manager at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley (where we adopted Lilly) Lindsay

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Round and round we go

My grandmother’s house, which for all the usual purposes was my “childhood home,” had a round traffic pattern. As a kid, I could run from kitchen to front

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Control Unleashed Study Guide

As a kid, I was a pretty good student. My work as a writer also means I spend a lot of time learning new things. I thought maybe

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The Relaxation Protocol

You found the right place to learn more about the Relaxation Protocol for Dogs! When I first read about Dr. Karen Overall’s Protocol for Relaxation in Leslie McDevitt’s

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Magazine articles you might like

I have a million and one things on my mind today, so rather than write something new about Lilly, I’m going to share a few magazine articles I’ve

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Inside the BOX (or Bubble of LOVE)

You know that whole pseudo-renegade thing about “thinking outside the box”? Well, sometimes a girl needs to use THE BOX to her advantage … even at the mall.

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More on mat training

As part of our background work using ideas from the new book “Control Unleashed” by Leslie McDevitt, I went in search of a portable mat that I could

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